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Open Enrollment FY26

Welcome to FY26 Benefits Open enrollment! This is your annual opportunity to make new benefit elections and changes for the upcoming plan year. The FY26 Benefits Open Enrollment period will occur May 5th — May 16th. To make your elections please look for your Open Enrollment event in your Workday inbox on May 5th.

Open Enrollment Resources

We have the following information and resources available to help you understand the benefits offerings for FY26 and make informed decisions during Open Enrollment and throughout the year.

  1. Open Enrollment Guide: This Guide will provide an overview of the benefits, medical plan comparisons, contact information for the vendors and related information.
  2. Open Enrollment Fair: This year our in-person Open Enrollment fair will be on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 from 10am – 3pm in the Linda K Paresky Center, MCB, 3rd floor. Harvard, as well as other plan vendors will be there to answer your questions. We will have massages, snacks and raffles. Please mark your calendars!
  3. Harvard SmartStart Phone Line: Inquire on plan benefits, prescription and transition of care questions call 866-874-0817 or email [email protected]. If you are having an issue connecting via phone please email them.
  4. Point32 Vision SmartStart Phone Line: Inquire on plan benefits, network and transition of care questions call 866-874-0817 or email [email protected]. If you are having an issue connecting via phone please email them.
  5. FY26 Changes Only Summary: We have created a “changes only” summary so you can easily see what updates have been made.
  6. Provider Look Up Tool: Employees are encouraged to confirm their doctors are in-network with the below links:
Information Sessions

We’ve planned several information presentations to review the FY26 Benefits, as well as one dedicated to the FY26 “Changes Only.” See below for registration links and dates/times. Both sessions will be recorded and posted to this website.

  • Open Enrollment Presentation (Changes Only)
    May 8th 10:00 am – 10:30 am (via Zoom)
    May 12th, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm (via Zoom)
    May 14th, 3:30pm – 4:00 pm (via Zoom)
  • Open Enrollment Presentation – Full Review (including Harvard and BCBS will attend)
    May 7th, 12:00p m-1:00 p m (via Zoom)

Open Enrollment FY26 Benefit Information

Medical, Dental, and Vision
FSA & HSA
Life & Disability
Other